Re: Portland, Oregon

Belated post.

Things to do :
Lots. Tons of trails in the city (Washington Park etc), very bike friendly city, 1hr to Mt.Hood for winter (and summer!) skiing etc, a little over an hour to the Coast. Downtown is walkable. Lots and lots of music venues and everyone comes here. See sig. I've done PDX --> The Gorge in WA in 4hrs flat but it normally takes a little longer. Clark County Amphitheater (cap. ~17k) is just North of PDX. Thanks Radiohead for playing there. Oh wait ............

Living / Housing :
I live in the West burbs and the housing market is crashing hard. You can get in newer houses for < $210k easily. Downtown is where I want to live but it's still out of reach plus PDX is in Multnomah County which has higher taxes iirc.

Traffic is woeful at times. Regardless of the public transport system, it's not practical for many people who aren't close to a bus / MAX stop.

Jobs :
Don't know enough about local conditions to comment.

Last edited by MarkO; 09-11-2008 at 01:14 PM.

Originally Posted by Cpt. Funkaho

Man, the Beatles were overrated like gravity is overrated. ......... Say what you want, but statements like "the Beatles were overrated" make me much less likely to listen to anything you say afterward.

Re: Portland, Oregon

Yeah, there are like 6 of them everywhere, the first one though was built in my home town, only pizza joint there (it was a small town). They had windows into the kitchen and a step stool for kids to stand and watch them toss the dough and make the pizzas. And OMG it was such good pizza, they had the Abby's special that was to die for. Whenever I find myself back home it is a requirement to eat there at least once. And Arctic Circle for the fry sauce and mushroom swiss burger.

Re: Portland, Oregon

but no great venues in the city.....I have yet to hear of a great venue Portland has. It looks like you have to drive to Seattle or The Gorge for the good ones.

WTF ??

The Crystal Ballroom is great. Easy going security (cameras, taping gear are ok), great beer and it's easy to get to. I've seen The Black Crowes, Madness, Rilo Kiley, Robert Randolph, MMJ and others there.

The Doug Fir is an intimate little venue (cap, 300) with good sound and a full bar. The restaurant upstairs stays open till 2.30am. I've seen Kasabian, CSS, The Wedding Present, Nada Surf and others there.

tsk, tsk.

Last edited by MarkO; 09-12-2008 at 09:34 AM.

Originally Posted by Cpt. Funkaho

Man, the Beatles were overrated like gravity is overrated. ......... Say what you want, but statements like "the Beatles were overrated" make me much less likely to listen to anything you say afterward.

Re: Portland, Oregon

As mentioned above, Clark County amphitheater in Ridgefield, WA is just north of PDX and holds 17k or so. Seen The Police & ZZ Top there.

The Rose Garden is in PDX itself and U2, The Boss, Foo Fighters etc have played there. I have not been there for a show, just for a NBA game.

Originally Posted by Cpt. Funkaho

Man, the Beatles were overrated like gravity is overrated. ......... Say what you want, but statements like "the Beatles were overrated" make me much less likely to listen to anything you say afterward.

Re: Portland, Oregon

Also (and this is a weird one) for those who own houses, Do people even need a sprinkler system for their lawns? I mean you guys get so much rain that I imagine it is kind of moot to have righ?

We get rain in the winter but little enough in the summer. We've had quite a few days over 100* this year. I put central air in my house last year.

Originally Posted by Cpt. Funkaho

Man, the Beatles were overrated like gravity is overrated. ......... Say what you want, but statements like "the Beatles were overrated" make me much less likely to listen to anything you say afterward.

Re: Portland, Oregon

Originally Posted by TeamCoachellaHellYeah

Fixed.

I prefer the fix, Team. But to each his/her own! I went through Portland as a young kid on my way to Seattle and remember it being really green. I like the Pacific NW, but don't know if I can deal with the dreary. I nearly get manic when it rains here in So. Cal and as that one song goes...it never rains in southern california...the brews from up there are nice though.

Re: Portland, Oregon

Originally Posted by M Sparks

I didn't know they had those in Oregon. I stopped at one in either Utah or Idaho. Didn't do much for me.

There is only one left in Woodburn which is where I grew up, I use to work there and became addicted to the fry sauce and polar swirls (kinda like a blizzard from wendy's). I also miss Taco Time, I wish they would build one of those here in PHX.